For John shall go with me;

For I'll goe seeke yond wight yeomen

In greenwood where they bee."

6. They cast on their gowne of greene,

A shooting gone are they,

Until they came to the merry greenwood,

Where they had gladdest bee;

There were they ware of a wight yeoman,

His body leaned to a tree.

7. A sword and a dagger he wore by his side,